Jay Evermist and the Olympians
Book One: The Battle Begins
Chapter 5: Storm Spirits Ruin Everything
(Ugh, I don't like writing fight scenes so please, excuse me. Sorry it took so long! )
I grabbed Jacob and Miki's arm and dragged them over to the guide. "Excuse me miss." She looked up from her phone annoyed. "We really have to leave now my sister here," I motioned towards Miki. "Is feeling really sick and unless you want throw up on your floor you may want to let us walk down the stairs."
She popped a bubble from her gum. "Whatever, just don't actually throw up until you get outside."
"Come on, let's go." We rushed to the other side of the room, trying not to distract the couple. I shook the door handle but it wouldn't budge. "It's locked."
"It can't be she doesn't have any keys." Jacob whispered worried. He started pacing the floor.
"We're going to die here aren't we?" Miki whimpered.
"No we're fine." I replied with false hope.
"Jay," Jacob pulled on my shirt and I turned to see the couple facing us sniffing the air.
"What do we have here?" The woman said, "a demigod, not just one, but three."
"What do you want?" I asked eyeing them both up and down. They definitely didn't look like monsters.
"We were sent on a mission by the leader of the Golden Age himself." The man spat out. His voice was raspy but at the same time it flew together. "We were looking for you."
"Us," Miki laughed, obviously forgetting about her fears. "Why would you want us? We aren't threats."
"You have no idea." The woman said while nastily smiling. Almost as in a blur they jumped up in unison and disappeared in the wind, like dust.
"That was, unexpected." Jacob said rubbing the back of his head.
"I don't think that's it." I replied walking towards the stairs. "We have to leave now.
I walked over to the door and hit it with the sword that was strapped to my belt, and it opened like new. We headed to the stairs and began to descent when I heard Miki scream. She was in the back and I turned to see what was wrong. The couple was back only they weren't in their human form. They were storm spirits. I began to run down the steps as fast as I could as Jacob and Miki followed my lead.
We made it down about one third of the way when they started swirling around in the small space. There were railings and if there weren't then I would have fallen right down to the bottom. We rushed but it was too much. I felt my feet slowly begin to lift off the ground. I screamed and Jacob reached for my arm.
"Help!" I screamed. I had my eyes closed tight as I felt my body lift up and fly away.
"I got you!" Jacob and Miki screamed back. "Hold on!" It was so loud with the wind in my ears I could barely hear them. I felt them grab my arms and pull me back over towards the railing. After pulling me over it we ran even faster.
Almost there, it was almost like it taunted me, the door. It was only a couple flights of stairs away, but they pestered. My hair whipped out of the ponytail I had it in and flew in my face. Right in front of me, I just had to practically reach out my hand and we'd be home free.
But, no, they didn't want that. The wind stopped suddenly causing me to jolt forward. I turned around to see Jacob and Miki running down to catch up with me.
"Man, you run fast!" Jacob said out of breath.
"Where are they?" Miki asked looking around the tower. Of course they were back in human form walking down to meet us.
"We gave you a chance and we will give you another." The woman said. Her eyes were so cloudy like there was nothing behind them. Of course there wasn't. "Come with us, or die." She smiled sweetly.
"And how will you kill us?" I really shouldn't have asked but my defensive side kicked in.
"Like this." They spun around and disappeared. Almost right away the whole monument shook, harder than it did before. A chunk fell from the top and crashed on the floor leaving a huge gash.
I let out a scream and ran towards the door; I could not die, today. I reached for the door but it was locked.
"Seriously!" I yelled. I was done. Me and two strangers were about to be killed by spirits who I didn't know. If it was up to me, I would be at camp with a losing team. But, I would be happy and safe. Jacob rushed past me as he tried to open the door. It wouldn't budge. I felt my eyes begin to tear up as another chunk fell and Miki put her hand on my shoulder.
"I have an idea," Miki said to us. "This might sound dangerous, crazy, and definitely illegal but what if we made the storm guys drop a chunk causing a hole for us to walk out?"
"If we destroy the foundation the whole thing will just crumble." Jacob said as pacing the floor.
"Either way we die by falling cement." Miki said as a larger block fell. She dodged it but just barely.
After a mutual agreement we decided we would lure the angry spirits who were flying around the top to one side. We would stay there and when they would drop one we would just have to hope we were quick. The first try was a failure and almost got us killed but, the second time was okay. It came hurdling down and was aimed so it was crash right through the wall. I stood there just like a deer in headlights and it wasn't until Jacob forcefully moved me that I did move. It worked!
We stood there dumbstruck for a second until we realized we were free. We ran to the opening and climbed through the rumble until we felt the grass beneath our feet. It was dark outside.
"Didn't we g in when it was light?" Miki asked.
"Well it was 4 when the games started and it was only 5:30 when we entered the thing." But now apparently it's," I looked down at my watch and almost screamed. "8:00!"
"No way we were in there that long!" Miki said while moving my arm to see the watch.
"Guys," Jacob's face was grim. "He picked up a piece of rumble that looked like a mobile phone. "We left her in there."
I gasped as I remember the guide. Miki choked back a sob as Jacob placed the phone down. We looked back up to the monument and it looked bad. Like really bad, there were parts missing and the top had broken off. We had destroyed a national monument; I don't think they will like that.
"We have to catch a cab." I said while turning around and heading to a pay phone.
"But do you have any money?" Jacob asked.
"I have a couple drachmas that I keep in my pocket but I think there's only like eight." I responded.
"Besides," Jacob sighed. "It's too late to go now; we need to find somewhere to stay for the night."
Miki spoke up. "Which brings us up to the financial issue?"
"Yeah," Jacob sighed again.
"So where to now? No hotels obviously." I said while sitting against a tree.
Miki looked like she was battling whether to say something or not. She eventually spoke up. "We could stay somewhere I know off."
"Where, is it close?" I asked, getting up.
She nodded her head. "Yeah, it's just down the block if they haven't moved. It's my mom's house, but I haven't been there for years." She looked down at her feet and it sounded like she was holding back tears.
"Well, let's go." Jacob exclaimed oblivious to the fact it hurt Miki.
"Yeah," I whispered. I grabbed Miki's hand and began to follow her down the street.